diff --git a/ewave.py b/ewave.py
index 4dffc48..0083fbb 100644
--- a/ewave.py
+++ b/ewave.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 WAVE_FORMAT_IEEE_FLOAT = 0x0003
 WAVE_FORMAT_EXTENSIBLE = 0xFFFE
 
-__version__ = "1.0.8"
+__version__ = "1.0.9"
 
 
 class Error(Exception):
@@ -173,7 +173,10 @@ def flush(self):
         return self
 
     def read(
-        self, frames: Optional[int] = None, offset: int = 0, memmap: str = "c"
+        self,
+        frames: Optional[int] = None,
+        offset: int = 0,
+        memmap: Union[str, bool, None] = "c",
     ) -> np.ndarray:
         """Returns acoustic data from file.
 
@@ -212,7 +215,8 @@ def read(
         else:
             pos = self.fp.tell()
             self.fp.seek(coff)
-            A = np.fromfile(self.fp, dtype=self._dtype, count=frames * self.nchannels)
+            data = self.fp.read(frames * self.nchannels * self._dtype.itemsize)
+            A = np.frombuffer(data, dtype=self._dtype)
             self.fp.seek(pos)
 
         if self.nchannels > 1:
diff --git a/test_ewave.py b/test_ewave.py
index d242301..8ce42e6 100644
--- a/test_ewave.py
+++ b/test_ewave.py
@@ -221,5 +221,27 @@ def test15_append(tmp_file):
         assert_array_almost_equal(np.concatenate([d1, d2]), fp.read())
 
 
+def test16_read_from_zip(tmp_path):
+    from zipfile import ZipFile
+
+    wav_name = "test.wav"
+    tmp_file = tmp_path / wav_name
+    tmp_zip = tmp_path / "test.zip"
+    src_data = np.random.randn(10000, nchan)
+    with ewave.open(tmp_file, "w+", sampling_rate=Fs, dtype="f", nchannels=nchan) as fp:
+        fp.write(src_data)
+
+    with ZipFile(tmp_zip, "w") as archive:
+        archive.write(tmp_file, arcname=wav_name)
+
+    with ZipFile(tmp_zip, "r") as archive:
+        with archive.open(wav_name) as zipped_wave:
+            with ewave.open(zipped_wave, "r") as fp:
+                assert fp.sampling_rate == Fs
+                assert fp.nchannels == nchan
+                dst_data = fp.read(memmap=False)
+                assert_array_almost_equal(src_data, dst_data)
+
+
 # Variables:
 # End: